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December 18, 2013

Boroujerdi Prohibited from Meeting with Delegation from European Parliament

Special
Clerical Tribunal Tortures and Threatens Imprisoned Cleric, Mr.
Kazemeini-Boroujerdi at During European Parliament Delegation Trip to Iran

According
to a report submitted to the "Human Rights Activists for Democracy in
Iran" liberal cleric Hossein Kazemeini-Boroujerdi spent 6 hours at the
headquarters of the Special Clerical Tribunal under interrogation, threats and
psychological torture.

On
Tuesday, December 17th, this prisoner of conscience spent from 10 a.m. to 4
p.m. under interrogation, threats and psychological torture. According to the
lead interrogator of the Special Clerical Tribunal, the excuse for this round
of attacks, insults, intimidation and threats, was because member of the
European Parliament delegation had specifically requested a meeting with Mr.
Boroujerdi. During the lengthy interrogation he was subjected to psychological
pressure and torture to write a personal letter rejecting any meeting members
of the European Parliament and various human rights organizations; he was told
that if he does not comply that he will not only be subjected to worse
conditions than that which he already is forced to endure, and that his family
will simultaneously be harassed, attacked and pressured.

It is
worth noting that every time international authorities have traveled to Iran to
visit with various political prisoners (including Mr. Kazemeini-Boroujerdi),
The Special Clerical Tribunal transfers Mr. Boroujerdi to an unknown location,
so that any such visit is prevented.

Mr.
Hussein Kazemeini-Boroujerdi who is fifty-five years old, is now in the eighth
year of his captivity in Evin Prison and has been prohibited from receiving
furlough from prison.

As Mr.
Boroujerdi has refused to pen and sign a personal letter of repentance to Ali
Khamenei, his family has been continually abused in every imaginable fashion.
Mr. Boroujerdi who has stood on his principle and continues his struggle
against the Iranian regime dictatorship, now poses a great threat to the regime
authorities for his continued call on the international human rights bodies to
intervene on his behalf and that of all other political prisoners in Iran.

Human
Rights Activists for Democracy in Iran also condemn these hours of of
interrogation, physical and psychological torture against Mr.
Kazemeini-Boroujerdi and call on the United Nations Commission on Human Rights
and all other international human rights organizations to intervene on behalf
of Mr. Boroujerdi and all other political prisoners in Iran.